FEDUSA president, Godfrey Selematsela, says workers are battling psycho-social pressures and mental health issues linked to the workplace, while retrenchments continue to leave many families without income. He adds that salary increases of around 4 are being outpaced by sharp rises in food, transport and electricity costs, further straining households.
Workers are facing terrible working conditions. Youve got the psychosocial issues that are affecting workers, some workers have got mental challenges and all these things are arising from the workplaces. Youd have noticed that most of the employers they jump to the very same. Retention workers which for us its something that needs to be looked into to the extent that generally you see a lot of families going hungry because workers have been retrenched. On the other side, the economy is not favourable to the workers.
Public Servants Association of South Africa Secretary, Christopher Nqeketho says a 9.5 medical aid increase, coupled with low salary adjustments, is worsening a broader cost-of-living crisis for lower and middle-income earners.
